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Sport | Women's American football |
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Founded | 2009 |
No. of teams | 6 for 2023 season |
Country | United States |
Most recent champion(s) | River City Sting (2021 season) |
The United States Women's Football League (USWFL) is a full-contact women's American football minor league that opened with exhibition play in 2010 and subsequently played its first regular season in 2011.[1] The league was known as the "Women's Spring Football League" from 2009 to 2015.
The USWFL played with 11-player and 8-player divisions from 2011 through 2013. In 2014, the league split into two leagues, with the 11-woman division retaining the WSFL name and the 8-woman division taking the name the Women's Eights Football League (W8FL). In 2016, the league played only 11-woman football with the Cincinnati Sizzle taking the league crown.